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Dumb with a capital D.

I wasn't expecting much of this film given the largely unknown cast,
but it failed to meet my rock bottom expectations.

The main protagonist stumbles his way through what should be a routine
trip from the airport to his girlfriend's house. Firstly, he's in a
strange country but has no Sat-Nav.

Instead of concentrating on the road, he's eating, drinking, doing
everything distracting that he can to ensure that he nearly knocks down
every pedestrian in sight.

Then he finds a gun in his car. What does he do? Throw it away? No, he
decides because the car has a gun in it, he doesn't like it any more,
and he abandons it in the middle of a dangerous South African township
and starts walking!

Another ten minutes, and another half dozen ridiculously ill-thought
out events and we couldn't watch it any longer. Avoid.

Reviewed by countryshack3 / 10

Don't Even Rent this waste

A foreign traveler (Paul Walker) unknowingly picks up a rental car that
will tie him to a web of corrupt local police. That's how it was
listed, sounded like it would be a good thriller, so we decided to rent
it. BIG Mistake! As soon as the movie starts, they start to play some
kind of loud rap mess, Oh Ooooooo.....

Fifteen minutes into the movie, my wife whispers that our dog has more
intelligence than the main character. That sums up the writing script.
I won't go into the countless preposterous senseless things that happen
because my review would be as long as the screen play itself. But,
diehards that we are, we watched it to the end. All 85 minutes of it.
You read correctly. The writer couldn't even think of another 5 minutes
of junk to at least make it a respectable 90 minutes. Oops! Did I say:
"Watched it to the end"? That would insinuate that there was actually
an ending to the story. There Was an end to the movie but the end of
the story must have been cut. I guess the writer figured that since
most people would have walked out already, he could save a few minutes
of his time and money by just not wasting time on an ending.

This movie was obviously written for a percentage of the younger crowd
that support double digit I.Q.'s. Of course, if you are one of the
above, just ignore my obviously ridiculous review, accept my apology,
and rent this Exciting, Action, Thriller immediately.

If I sounded cynical or misanthropical, guilty as charged. I realize
that movie makers lie, cheat, and do whatever they can think of to Sell
A Movie so that they can milk the public for every penny that they can.
But, to this day, I still feel defiled when I voluntarily give up my
hard earned money for something that is advertised as good when it
turns out to be just another ripoff. And, as usual in the case of bad
cinema drivel, the trailer was once again better than the entire movie.
Heck, just watch the trailer 40 times. That's free, you'll get your 85
minutes worth of entertainment, and you'll enjoy it more than the
actual movie.

Reviewed by villeh-17 / 10

Rare look at the JoBurg while Paul Walker was driving

As some reviewers already pointed out, this movie is closest to Phone Booth in style and theme. In contrast to it, Vehicle 19 fails to keep up the constant level of intensity and escalation. However, it surely was an entertaining flick.

All the negatives of pacing problems aside, reason for 7 stars are twofold: 1) Paul Walker's excellent performance and 2) just driving around in JoBurg was interesting in itself. JoBurg is not the most typical setting for a thriller. Previously, I had written Paul Walker of as a pretty-boy surfer-dude who likes to drive fast cars. But in this one he showed that he is a quality actor who can deliver subtle and intense performances.